The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-05-29
THE VERY LATEST FAD.
A Professor of "Rope-Tying" Relates
the Secrets of His Calling.
Fton. the Nelo York MaA and Express

From, the NeU York Mail and Express
Society's latest fashionable fad is rope
tying. Since the days when Foster, Slade,
the Davenports and the Eddy brothers per-
formed their marvellous rope-tying tricks
the secrets of spices, knots and bitches has
never been more faithfully practiced than
now. Young girls who have just been
initiated into the mysteries of tennis, boys
| about to start out upon their first fishing
tour, young Corinthian tars amateur yachts
men of both sexes, all have the fever, and
it is not improbable that the craze will ex-
tend TO those in many of the graver walks
of life. Those devoted to the art--if art it
can be called-insist that life cannot be a
success unless one be versed in rope tying.
"Rope tyin'," said professor Of the art,
sis the most usefulest of all the 'complish-
ments I've seen men fore now as 'ud give
the world ter know some things about ropes.
A boy may want ter lengthen his iishin' line
er make a swing; he may want ter make a
kttle out o a jug or a pickle jar when be
goes picknickin'; er he may want ter anchor
his boat fasten his kite string er make q
sinker fer his crab line, an less he under
STAINS rope tyin' he'll lose his fish er kite.
drop his piclEel jar er find his boat carried
away by the tide. The fust think he must
do is ter learn ter tie a square knot. We
sailors call it reef-knot. 1t is the one used
by surgeonsiu tyin' up blood vessels, cause
'twont slip. Now, folks all on 'em think
squar knot is the simplest thing in
the world to tie; but faint Most
on 'em make a granny. which most allus
slips, and ii it don't it oaws the rope, as ther
strain is at right angles. A sonar knot is
made by takin' two ropes an crossin' the
ends, ther left hand rope undor ther right
Carry the right hand one through the loop
once, then tie again, only carry right-hand
end under the left and draw tight. II "
carry the left hand uader the right one the
second time VII have what we calls granny
knot, am granny haint ter he depended on
nohow. The more y pull on ter reef knot
the tighter it gets. Sometimes y want er
longer line, but " hai.lt got two ropes of a
size. Then's when bccliet-hitch comes in
Y make this by bendin the end Of the big
gest rope 80 ii looks like the letter u, then
" put the end o. the little rope or twine up
from the bottom behind the bend between
the two sides, carry il round behind the two
sides, then cross the front and under the
part that comes up from below and there
you are. When th' keeg-line Of yer boat
Is too short an Y KANT nothin' but piece
o. hemp twine or fishin' line ter bend onto
it notbin' answers like the beckett hitch Then
there's the bowliHe, which let v have a loop
onto the end of a rope ASH not draw up
Its easy ter make and Is good when " want
ter tie yer horse or dog with rope and
don't want ter choke 'en " make IL by
turnin' rope on itself near the end and
maxim blight. Hold tn turn or blight with
the left hand, pass the end Of the rope
through tho blight from bottom up'ards, then
around the main rope and down through
the blight again. Draw it tight an yll get
loop ASH never slip. Storekeepers make q
bovine when they does up big bundles,
cause by pullin' the string through the loop
they gets slp-knot on which they can dc.
pend. A knot that puzzles most people,
howsomer, is the sheepshank. It's useful in
gathern' up the slack Of IA rope and maxim
It shorter. It is made by doublin' rope ON
itself twice and passin' loop over each
end"